Nahal Oz

How a Torah scroll escaped Nazi Germany and found a home on Israel's Gaza border

Lost for decades, a Torah saved from Nazi Germany is dedicated in Nahal Oz, symbolizing resilience, memory, and hope.

|ByHOWIE KAHN
Torah Dedication Ceremony: More than half of the Kahn family living in Israel surrounds the Torah scroll, which their family helped save close to a hundred years ago.
Burned out vehicles on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 massacre; illustrative.

'Security reality has not changed enough': Two kites from Gaza land in Kibbutz Nahal Oz

“For the residents of Nahal Oz, this is a serious incident that illustrates that the security reality has not changed enough,” the kibbutz said in a statement.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fallen soldier and former swimmer Eden Nimri

Olympic Committee of Israel honors fallen swimmer Eden Nimri

Eden Nimri, a captain in the IDF, was not only a fighter but also a talented swimmer who competed with Israel’s youth national team.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.

Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims

The post came in reply to a post from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), saying that freshwater supplies in Gaza were "severely limited and polluted."

|ByTZVI JASPER

Rocket sirens near Gaza border are false alarm, IDF says

Rocket fire from Gaza was feared as tensions escalated in Jerusalem following clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.

APRIL 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rockets launched from the Gaza strip towards Israel as it seen from an Israeli naval boat while patrolling in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern Israeli coast as Israel-Gaza fighting rages on May 19, 2021.

The Dutch firefighting couple wielding a water hose along the Gaza border

Raymond and Mirjam Reijnen worked as professional firefighters in the Netherlands before immigrating to a southern border Kibbutz with their three small children.

JULY 2, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Mirjam and Raymond Reijnen from the Netherlands are part of the Nahal Oz volunteer fire force created to fight the Gaza fires.